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How to book and make a secure video call with somebody in prison.
Policy guidance for prison staff on secure social video calls introduced to help maintain family contact as a supplement to existing communications through letters, phone calls and social visits.
Detention service order 01/2020 about access to a video call service.
Improve cross-departmental working by opening up access to video conferencing tools.
From 1 June 2023, we are making a small change to the official video call joining process to improve the calls with prisoners.
Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer
Check if you can get your van, HGV or trailer's IVA test done by video call rather than in person, how to prepare for the test, and how it works.
Find out how you should prepare for a telephone or video court or tribunal hearing and what to expect on the day.
You can run user research sessions remotely using telephone or video calls. Most face to face research methods can be adapted to work remotely.
The Government is introducing legislation to allow people to use video-conferencing technology for the witnessing of wills being made.
Form LOC040: Royal Courts of Justice Family Video Conferencing Booking Request.
It’s illegal to hold a phone or a sat nav while driving - you'll get penalty points, a fine and can be banned from driving.
Family video calls will be introduced at prisons and young offender institutions across England and Wales.
Secure video calls rolled out in all prisons in just over 6 months to maintain vital family contact.
Belmarsh is a high security prisoner’s prison in southeast London.
Share your evidence on the impact of loot boxes in video games.
Hewell is a men’s prison in the village of Tardebigge, near Redditch in Worcestershire.
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